The Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development is a project of Abilio - Childhood Knowledge Dissemination Centre, formerly the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD), supported by Université Laval and Université de Montréal (Quebec, Canada). Over the years, this organization has built a solid network of international experts who gather, synthesize and comment, in their respective domain of expertise, the most up-to-date scientific knowledge available on the development of young children, from conception to age five.
The Encyclopedia is intended for service providers, service planners, policy makers and parents.
Most topics are explored from three perspectives: development, services and policy and the papers gathered under each topic are written by internationally renowned experts.
The syntheses and information sheets (Eyes on...) provide summaries of the most essential knowledge in a lay language suited to various readers.
The Encyclopedia also features a section entitled Voices from the Field that focuses on a specific environment or region.
The Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, reliable and easy-to-use reference tool, a unique and free resource devoted to promoting accessibility and knowledge transfer of the best knowledge on early childhood development.
Funders
The Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development is produced by Abilio - Childhood Knowledge Dissemination Centre. The development of the Encyclopedia is made possible thanks to the financial contributions of the Université de Montréal, Université Laval, as well as the Lawson Foundation and Wallace McCain Family Foundation.
The views expressed in the Encyclopedia do not necessarily represent the official policies of these agencies.
Since its inception in 2001, the development of the Encyclopedia has been made possible thanks to the generous support of many partners:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde (Conass)
- Tomsk State University (2014- )
- Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation
- CHU Sainte-Justine
- CIFAR
- UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
- Goldsmiths University of London
- Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon (2006- )
- Public Health Agency of Canada (2001-2009)
- Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research (2008-2010)
- Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles (JUNJI) - Gobierno de Chile (2009-2010)
- Bernard van Leer Foundation (2010-2011)
- Ministerio de Educación Nacional - República de Colombia (2010-2011)
- Universidad de los Andes - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (2010-2011)
- UNICEF - Colombia (2010-2011)
- Canadian Council on Learning's Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre (ECLKC) (2006-2009)
- Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger (2001-2004)
- The Marie Curie program of the European Union contributes to the dissemination of the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development.
Partners
The Encyclopedia is proud to work closely with valuable partners in the early childhood field to provide access to science-based information to wider audiences and support the actions of those working with families and children.
The team
Editors
- Richard E. Tremblay, University College Dublin, Université de Montréal
- Michel Boivin, Université Laval
- Ray DeV. Peters, Queen’s University
The team
- Executive Director: Isabelle Vinet
- Content Director: Dominique Tambosso
- Operations Director: Kristell Le Martret
- Encyclopedia Coordinator: Valérie Bell
- Marketing and Communications Manager: Mohamed Kajeiou
- Webmaster and documentalist: Isabelle Poulin
- Administrative assistant: Aristeea Dobrinescu
- Operations Assistant: Stéphanie Justavino
Collaborators
Topic Editors are carefully selected international experts whose role is to overview the update of existing topics or to create new topics.
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